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PeaNUT butter
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More like stipends
Since everyone got paid a flat appearance fee
Along with the usual Blizzcon perks
Everything is paid for
Like everything for players and commitee is paid for so thats quite a lot
I think its fair
That was fast 
lol

So many
that
looks weird now
This upcoming game is gonna be good
Going to be insane
AFB vs LH
Then contenders on the weekend
And thiccmou on Tuesday

looking forward to watching OW 
So happy that I have almost finished all my work for the week at work so I can totes watch APEX tomorrow without slacking
same thing has said before about IDDQD and Harbleu
so if i were you
don't get your hopes up
True, I feel like at this point NRG is just a talent black hole
doesn't connorJ hero pool overlap with harbleu?
connorj is actually a dps
iirc
just played hog because tank meta
his hog is pretty good though
harb's hero pool is kinda shite atm anyway
ConnorJ played mostly pure DPS in the more recent Envision days
his 2 best heroes are out of the meta
i forgot nrg didn't pick a definitive seagull sub yet
wait, they're trialing snow
yee
snow was a beast last time I saw him
but that was like, months ago
over half a year
it's going to a year, actually
we'll see, people also had super high hopes for IDDQD
I like to be optimistic about everything
@toxic yacht OW Open
which is a decade in OW timeline
I personally think with NRG's money they certainly can get better DPS
and better supports and tanks
the problem is that do you really want to go there and see your career dies?
from what i watched when he was in Keep he still pretty good
maybe they actually started thinking about who to get instead of getting just "the best"
Stepping down from @ggenvision. I had a kick ass time in Cali and learned a lot. sorry to anyone who expected to see me this sunday <3
:slowpoke:
:slowpoke:
another slowpoke
fuk
ok the ConnorJ news is false alarm
ConnorJ NRG?
Yeah
i dont know why nrg hasnt just flushed their whole overwatch division and started again
with shaqs $$ they could buy a whole korean team coach and manager
They spent like 6 figures and over half of a millions on the current roster so far
It could be NRG is appeal to sunk cost fallacy
they seem happy to just burn hours with only 3 people on the team
They're probably constantly playing with subs
'and likely best' 
When will this shit end
is this one of those articles
Stop talking about a streamer
where they just talk and dont give new info
Hoping MoonMoon goes pro so people stop calling seagull the most famous player
shouldnt all these people wait until contenders season zero is done
pretty shitty deal to leave or get your team dropped in the middle of a tournament
If you check the bracket there's potential for a TL vs RNG match up BTW.
Which is rather funny
having multiple coaches seems like something that would create problems
not really, we don't know the internals, but i assume they have different tasks
To tell someone like Taimou not to eat sweets and binge on alcohol?
wouldn't that be a psychologist and not a random guy with no qualifications?
quake 4k views "ow ded esprite" 
who would watch quake when you can watch this guy https://www.twitch.tv/drdisrespectlive
dont like him that much but have my ok since he shittalked pubg
but he's playing it lol
Handshake Hall of Fame.. @A_Seagull and @Malik4Play
#NationalHandshakeDay π€ https://t.co/81PSW3R37K
How is EnV vs Liquid a more even matchup after aurace left

They have no chance anyway
Unless Tseini and Fahzix carry their asses
Those denmark jerseys aren't the ones that will be used

really?
ok 3rd it's obivious he's windz
and the first... ye... :\
The team w/ the highest Support-PTK takes on the team w/ the highest Tank-PTK (% of teams' kills)
The hype for this game is building...
for which team you guys will cheer?
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i think tara will cheer for 
can't say no to my boy esca and rjh
so i will cheer for
again
Mano tho
I'll be surprised if Arhan plays Genji
Flower got completely shut down as Genji against LH
if LH will reach the top again, SK T1 incoming π
Im rooting for AFB
I've been pretty hyped to see Donghyun's D.Va vs a top team
@rapid oxide https://www.twitch.tv/quakechampions
Stermy vs Cypher
Ikr
but stermy is getting rekt hard
you didnt watch previous matches :p
i suppose
can't wait for a cocksucking twitt from slasher soon
As soon as you said that stermy with the reverse sweep lol
LOOK 5K QUAKE ESPORT IS NOT DED
wish there are good italians on ow
we have only carnifex 
HAL too
yeah but he's italian seagull
he's turning into a streamer only
that's a shame, his zarya was really nice
Who?
Yup :)
Unfortunate they didn't go past qualifier on contenders 
They did pretty well in the takeover quals though
Did you say I'll cheer for AFB?!
If you dont you betray me
is that to me or tara
Tara

nice
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This is esports, not anime
The emote
Lmao 
A detailed analysis of Afreeca Freecs Blue's current style of Overwatch. Hope you can pick out lots of the things I've mentioned and get a real feel for what...
tldr?
@Kyozel#6161 BULLSHIT NORMIE ARTICLE REEEE :chiGun:
"The reason i'm writing is simple, this false in-team image that people paint of me is way more damaging than I realized. At first I thought to myself, I have nothing to prove to the community, they don't need proof and VODs and recordings but recently someone from another team confirmed to me that they didn't offer me a tryout because of that image of me they had. Even though I would've declined to stay with my team like I've doing since the beginning, I was heartbroken. People on social medias, twitch chat and Reddit that type stuff like "I bet he is tilted right now", or "his toxicity is not worth his level of play" damage my career opportunities way more than my comp-queue behavior."
Guys I got my account silenced for 3 days will this fuck me up if I try to join the open league or whatever it's called?
but they fucked up the eligability check so you would probably have been fine
if it means anything
If you signed up during the period where you could
you're fine
if you didnt though then you're not fine
isnt division only for masters+?
Yeah
how does an account get silenced
F
i'm going to wake up and see the result of AF Blue vs LH
either AF Blue roll LH
or LH's coach figure out a gameplan
it is a BO7 so I highly doubt that AF Blue won't lose at least a map
you reap what you sow
i dont get it, if it's xqc why aint he cuddling the floor
tldr: dont say i'm toxic but im not willing to change
he;s gotten better
there are more toxic people out there 100% Lol xqc gets too much shit for old stuff imo
it's mostly because of how vocal he is and how he just keeps giving
he's a meme at this stage
while having spicy stuff on the scene its cool, i wish more people would be like reinforce and jake
but yeah, there are more toxic people than xQc, they just know that they should shut the fuck up
you can be a meme without being toxic
xqc is a great streamer, and yeah he have improved a lot. But there are just a lot of unnecessary comments here and there
I mean how many people were against importing Koreans at first only to want them over local talent over the course of a few weeks
there all jelly of Effect carry
pretty sure i've heard more say it
koreans is great
they are way more interesting to watch
... I was referring to who's explicitly against it, not how they praise and are "jelly" towards Koreans
fair enough π
Don't know if anyone else is against it vocally
Everyone would love koreans on their team
40 minutes till game 
They're just spooked
Western players have a massive ego
Even Fleta, 16th Apex team DPS, is probably an upgrade for most tier 2 NA teams
They're spooked
They should probably practise another game in their free time
Really tho?
Most decent ones pretty much welcome the competition
Or at least they know to say that in public
Oh well, I'm relieved there are still people like Jake and Reinforce
Also, Michael3D steadily getting viewership. Glad for him
AF Blue vs. Lunatic-Hai in 15 mins @ https://www.twitch.tv/ognglobal, get ready w/ my article :P
Challenging the status quo for AF Blue vs. Lunatic-Hai

lul, I'm gonna be at home in around 30 minutes
Luckily apex wastes fuckloads of time
1 minute 
cs major qualifier is on aswell looks like i will be switching between tabs a lot
KR PRODUCTION
why Blizzard doesn't learn from OGN 
next gen production right there
Insane
This season has been crazy
They have been like 7 games which could have been finals
Achillos and Papa 
κ°λΉμ’μ (gabizoa): LUNATIC HAI THE WORLD BEST BATTLEGROUND PRO TEAM LUL
ASS ULT
Lol
aaaaaaaaaaand that's how another meme was born
These signs are amazing
I'll try do something amazing in Poland for team s.korea
ooo miro called out
Yeah jaysus this trash talk is as good as the signs
i love the trash talks
ALMOST MISSED IT
Recry lol
Gido's been working out well since WhoRU was benched eh
Ryujehong π
WhereRU
Lol
Lol
afb=immortals
Bo7?
yes
yeh
Boy this is going to be a hot steamy night
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That's PapaSmithy talking isn't it?
no idea
yay, twitch playing ads when I want to watch a fuckign stream
of course
whoever thought that that was a good idea should get fucking fired
especially since my internet is slow rn and I can't lower the quality
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...
I suppose this is why Korea is better to watch
dem
AFB sinking in S2 only to make a rather strong come back in S3
LH π
MiroSMUG looking good today as well
mano lmao
Wait what the fuck
Why so spread out
And I just said something good about AFB
FailFish
cucked medipack
All these Korean Winstons just casually doing Winston super jumps
RIP streak
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EscA is fucking insane today
But they op always save each other
Miro the hero 
still 15-1 tho
I change quality, pause and play to insta update and it fucking plays another ad
time to watch first point sombra
fuck you twitch, brb getting a blocker that specifically blocks twitch ads reeeeeeeeee
π sojum
Hows the apex match going, cant check, at work
LH winning 1-0
They're on Eichenwalde now
LH picked orisa torb on defense first point
Which didn't work out
(Hello, can someone provide me a link of a competitive game cast by Montecristo please ? Preferably a recent one)
Score atm?
@pine hearth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1mXZqCCvjs i think he casted this one
All of the past tournaments can be found over here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLE-OsLBsCTTQIs_JfBKnkw/playlists Selfless vs FNRGFE | $100K Overwatch C...
@feral solar thanks a bunch mate π
Monte and DoA are with Blizz directly now so yes they're casting Contrenders, though not so much as the other casters
I have no idea what Contenders are
...
Complete stomp
AFB getting eviscerated with 0 ults
They had a person die each push
First 5 seconds
LH looking really dominant
insert something about blizzard not advertising enough
Contenders is online EU/NA Blizzard-held tournament
I installed this game less than a month ago rofl
It's currently ongoing
...but they put in on the launcher
I don't read the launcher
hahah exactly my point
Monte is good choice to start with
is anyone else bored of watching emps yet?
nice matchmaking blizzard
No
why is this diamond team getting matched vs top 500s?
I love the sombra play
the backcap
so wasnt afblue favored?
LH ;D
AF Blue getting steamrolled
sick turn around
best of 7?
mfw we've only been stomping t2 teams and get fukt when we face an actual T1 one
Destruction
Gong Jin-Hyuk a.k.a. Miro a.k.a. "I'm the MVP, Mano"
did esca run sombra first map as well?
I guess that's why you don't instapick a tank from a team that's only been dealing with T2 teams all the way until semis
rip SK
I think the problem is how LH plays
why you no pick miro feelsbadman
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LH no doubt plays differently from other teams
Their initial consideration was that Miro couldn't Reinhardt as good as his Winston
well, mano is the better rein
who knows how the meta will be at blizzcon
you see how there stats compare from tank kills to DPS kills
so it's the safer choice overall
compared to other teams
Would Janus be a better choice if he was fine?
dunno, the committee are lh and lw fanbois
the fact that they didn't take janus probably means something
Predicted Kappa https://t.co/lNztLSYmZ5 (went wrong on the koth so easy 4-0)
I think they just want to seem neutral
they also didn't want to bring 4 members of one team to keep it more or less even
want them to lose for the memes
Wasn't it a fanboy + 2 fangirls lul
π King God Emperor Taimou π
english commercial in korea?
yee

Well, idk, there was a reason why 1st World Cup's SK didn't drop a single map and LH won S2 and even kept themselves up after WhoRU was benched
can't understand, but my eyes sure as hell do
T R E V I
The current roster selection is slowly becoming a meme at this point
Bronze chat beefing with meme
because of the meta shift during the playoffs
SK's world cup team didn't drop a map because they were the only country that treated it seriously
same thing which fucked rogue
I swear, I'm so salty
rogue would have won the entire fucking thing
if the tank meta patch hadn't come in
Old Rogue is my dream team
do you want some fries with that salt sojum
How about cough some pizza
regardless of teams
if I could put it together
DPS: aKm, TviQ
Tanks: Reinforce, Winz
Supports: Unkoe, KnoxXx
seems like a damn good roster
bet that they'd win a lot
yee
Cmon internet, we need something better than some measly text to convey sarcasm better

Flash Wolves hype
mano feeding again
he's gonna become a meme now
oh no
the same fate as his teammate arhan
mano is having a bad day

esca π¦
af blue finally doing something
ngl, I kinda love the esca meme now
it was annoying as shit during s2
now that people stopped taking it seriously it's fuckign hilarious
tbh
nice target selection arhan
uses the sword on the full health dva
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i never see any other esports pro talking in chats as much as ow
I like it a lot
yeah its cool
lul
Verified Surefour: Gimme a cmonBruh if we good chat
Ay hol up cmonBruh
Can't wait for Yongbongtang and Alwaysoov's analysis after this match
Here it is, LH's systematic ult usage
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these teamfights are so funny
no one is really engaging
it's been almost 3 minutes of no real fights
what the fuck is going on on OWPS
right now
overwatch pacific series
i tuned in and it was a pop performance
hog in 2017 LUL
Probably like those Korean reality show segments they do on APEX?
it looked like a dress rehearsal
but then it was the real thing
i'm watching on my tv or i'd clip it
Or just some entertainment since it's the... what's today, semis?
... Huh
oh i think theyre doing another song
nice, LH capped
dont forget this is the old hog
arhan didnt do much there
based off how the map selection is gonna go
I think that taimou's 4-1 prediction wasn't even that off
EnVyUs strat
alright wtaf
5 core dive heroes + Hog
wtf
As per usual
LOOOOL
ArHaN's blades really start to look not even as good as ConnorJ's
What a throw
yehh
The problem was they backed off to regroup
I especially loved how mano was bullying esca
But they got farmed on the regroup
3rd person dragonblades 
Tracer makes such a difference
tbh it's good that it was in 3rd person
seeing arhan fail like that
in 1st person
would give me cancer
no dva?
AFB can't bait abilities like matrix/healing station
that is such a nasty situation
i dont get the no dva
this is just like af blue, tbh
miro just jumped away from arhan
is he scared of his winston 1v1 skillz?
he shows no fear vs winstons, lul
3 people diving jehong
Mirooo<3
what was taht thing about the best bait in ow?

those primal rages
Good lord AFB
WHY ARENT THEY CAPPING POINT
wtf

wtf af blue
tie breaker ?
why did he say 3-0
wtf
why -.-
hahaha
Lunatic Hai \o/
feelsbadman
aw
oh god, this is gonna be a 4-0, right?
LH β€
Not sure if they got families anymore
bo1 tiebreaker 
C:
ESCA
LH<3
ESCARRY
remember when I was like "they only stomped lower teams"
hah
reverse sweep inc bois? 

5 min left on 2 cp > still cant win
Tairong ayyy
Welp AFB we'll be seeing ya!

Looks like LH KDP 3
no bbq for AFB 
unnecessary comment
HELLO MANO π BabyRage THIS IS THE COMMITTEE π BabyRage ABOUT THAT SPOT π BabyRage
This is like S1 finals afb
@red anvil nah it needed to be said
No it doesn't
Likely
Who is this cowboy hero
Ryu ana 
It's weird cause afb has been smashing on their initial offensive pushes and then just completely run out of steam
AFB might take this one
Just kinda blow their load early on
They had 5 minutes for 2CP, look at how that ended
Ah I have arrived...I dont like what I see U_U
Can't wait for mercy memes
Rip
Good start again hopefully it don't get held
If anything LH adapting and countering AFB again within the course of this map is more likely than AFB taking it
the Esca LUL spam has never been more apropriate.
esca getting farmed
He has been so good today
McMercy new meta
It works well against sombra
Recry McCree 
If they get held here it's just gonna tilt them
everyone just mashing Q like they're quickswapping in csgo
Are OW in game settings (sens, graphics etc) tied with account (changes with account change within the same client) or no?
glorious
there is a config file in the gamefiles, pretty much every game uses that file locally and syncs it over different accounts
FeelsBadMan
no reason to assume that ow does it differently
it will most likely use the same settings
since every game does that
controls are likely account specific
I love that Sombra is viable
didn't gain as much experience as say, nV and LH
HELLO MIRO π BabyRage THIS IS THE COMMITTEE π BabyRage ABOUT THAT SPOT π BabyRage
lol
Man that would be really rude
Looks like he is not
Memes, but rude af
Yes hero settings are account-bound, graphics are locally stored
What the fuck Twitch chat
lmao
I don't want to see 2 4-0 today
Whose mans
That's so much work
I switched between using the players actual names and just using all lowercase
depends on how lazy i am at the time
same
when dealing with a username or some shit I'll go with the proper name though
which is funny because "Cwoosh" is also wrong
actually
there are more capital letters, but I didn't know it back then
CWoosH
thanks babe
hello 4-0
Hopefully the second semi final is better
:zzz:
Run McCrecry 
yfw af blue holds this for 3 minutes ?
lul
with this emp
lul let the memes dream
Yeh
4-0 bois
ja
15-0 streak my ass
lul
this was fucking destruction

THE STALL
lol
LH<33333
rekt
stomp
ggs
Rekt af.
fuckin hell
Unlikely
Ahh
What an unfortunate result
Who would've guessed this 4-0
Whelp
All those prediction articles xD
i thought LH would lose tbh, i love being wrong π
Afreeca Freecs Blue? More like, Overrated Freecs Blue
dat korean pussy is wet af
I would have guessed 4-0 π
π NV/KDP π
Gong Jin-Hyuk "Hey Mano, I'm the undisputed #1 Winston"
didn't make any prediction because we never saw AFB face a t1 team
but this
holy shit
LH coaches helping their kids packing up
Im an Esca fanboy now 
I never stopped believing in Esca π
Same 
esca have done so great flexing between sombra and solider
Yeh I always thought esca was amazing 
pls
But will they though
No matter what the matchup is though, bo1 tiebreaker is garbage
If NV loses KDP must prevail in GF
Polo is mad 
bo1 tiebreaker is garbage
Alright boys and girls I'm off to bed! Have a nice day/afternoon π€
night!
tiebreaker is meh, but the better team crushed the other
I still dont know why theyre doing bo3 koth its so bad
so all fair
Its so bad though
bo5 koth would waste too much time, apparently
it's shit though
bo5 koth and a potential bo3 tiebreaker would be π€
Not really
with the time they have
I remember Winston Lab said BO3 is better and more fair
Every western tournament I turn off the stream at bo5 Koth
bo3 is more fair, technically
Massive time waste
say, c9 on oasis
if one of the last 2 maps is garden
it's basically a free win for c9
Yeah, you redo maps
and it'd be a free win thanks to a coin toss
And it usually turns out the same way
The last 2 maps are random iirc
ya, they're random
CASTER BIASED BabyRage

NV 
Well just hope NV or KDP take the whole thing
Whoru have carried esca so ridiculously many times its not even funny
https://clips.twitch.tv/OptimisticShortPoultryHoneyBadger Midgets wrestling
Aint this prohibited by the government?! Think about the poor dwarfs!
the stream looks absolute shit

Btw OPC Bo7 is cancer
They pause between each game
And have interviews and singing
Next season these casters should move to taiwan
you know what would be funny?
if australia and taiwan would be in the same WC group
Blank vs FW again
OPC: "1080p60"
What a stomp
Guess today it's stomp day 
I'm honestly already back to reading this yuri manga I found
But Mike Sepso said OWL is looking good 
@solid spear fuck u blonde tsundere BabyRage
At least my profpic isn't some mainstream tsundere FailFish
everyone shitting on oreo's waifu lmao
I have better taste get owned beetchhhh
So yeah I hope this isnt a 4-0
it very much looks like
Nah what Oreo needs is a massive, hard.... pat in the back 
I dunno how the map system works
but if KR was blank's pick
and they got shredded like that
I have no hopes for the rest of the series
Pls don't get 4-0d next week NV
Channel that depression power once more Timo 
and I'll probably hang myself if they get 4-0'd
I'll cry only if LH wins
hek
LH is my favourite korean team, so I don't mind watching them win again
should have won IEM tbh, but LWB rekt them
HELLO π BabyRage SUICIDE WATCH π BabyRage
also, LWB was running a 2-2-2 dive comp
while LH ran triple/quad tank
so LW deserved the win, tbh
Tanks 
Sombra is the answer
Sombras weird cuz she's lowkey broken af in pro play but won't get touched cuz the games balanced around ranked lul
you know
hog change really wasn't balanced around ranked, now that I look at it
hog may have been balanced
Oh?
but his design is fucking shit
blizz probably realized how badly they designed him
and want to rework it
By "reworking" him and practically deleting hook combo?
this nerf came at the worst time it possible could have come
tbh
they're gonna wait a bit and see how people play him
Well all he does is feed now lol so I guess it was a good rework
then they'll buff him in a differnt way
Hook combo + his old beefy shots were the best tool he had to punish DVa's and Tracers
to me it looks like they want to push him away from the oneshot mechanic
they're gonna buff him in a different way if he truly turns out to be complete garbage
but as I said, this fucking nerf
came at the worst time
it could have come
hog was fucking balanced in this meta, lul
How is it not already obvious with how DVa running rampant even more
Idk a big hitbox character without good damage or defensive abilities is gonna be trash
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like, same thing with winston
Not even close
winston is balanced

they fucking buff him
while dive is already really popular
the shield + hitbox changes are good, but this is the worst time they could possibly have done it
Winston shouldve never been buffed and they justified it with pub stats even though at the time he had 50-60% usage in pro scene
LETS BUFF THE DIVE HEROES EVEN MORE AND NERF ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING BASTION OF RELIABLE STOPPERS
eh
winston changes
his shield
they made it consistent
with all other characters that have such cooldowns
they did it when they added orisa
Its basically on 8-10 cd honestly now



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